This century Messi and Ronaldo, the Tennis Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, the Formula 1 Verstappen and Hamilton had football. Van der Poel and Pogacar has the cycling spring. For years. And still, it has been confirmed again in recent weeks. Icons in sport, examples for the youth, who require everything from each other and above all: give each other nothing as a gift. This is also the case in Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. Mathieu van der Poel won the cobblestone classic for the third time. As a result, the intermediate position in winning cycling monuments is the same again: 8-8.

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